Car-coupling.



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PATENTED 00110, 1006.

A. J. B'AZELEY.

GAR GOUPLING.

APPLIOATION FILED DB0. za, 1005.

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INVENTOR E ssEs No. 833,434. PATBNTED 00T. 16, 1906.

A. J. BAZBLEY. CAR GOUPLING.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 28,1905

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` PATENTED OCT. 16, 1906.

A. J. BAZELEY. CAR COUPLING. AIjPLIGATIoN FILED 13.130.28.1905.

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WIT ESSES INVENTOR TATENTBD 00T, 16

.. ,510.833,434. A. J. BAZELEY. CAR GOUPLING.

APPLIGATION FILED DEG.28,1905.

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lNVENTOR wn'NEssEs y the vcoup er-head, 'sho y set position.

, Figs. 12 and 1 3 are views of the -UNITED STATES PATENT oEEioE.y

ARTHUR J. BAZELEY., oF CLEVELAND, oHio', ASSiGNoR To THE NATioNAL MALLEABLE CASTiNeS COMPANY, or CLEVELAND, oHio,-A IConro- RATION OF OHIO. .i

of the en d oi a car with my coupler applied' thereto.

Fig. 2 kis a bottom plan view. Fig, 3 is a-view, on a larger sc ale, showing two of my couplers'in coupled position, one of them being shown in plan andthe other in horizontal section. Fig. 4 shows two ofthe couplers in coupled relation and in vertical section, the coupler A being in locked position and 'the coupler VB showing 'the nuckle -throwing lever partially raised. Fig. 5 'is a sectional' view showing the lock raised and the coi'ipler-inlock-set position. Fig. 6 is a similar view showing the knuckle throwno en. Fig. 7 is a side elevation of the opening through which the lock is tripped from lock- Fig.A 8'is a Iplan View of the knuckle. Fig. 9 is an end elevation thereof.

Figs. '10 and 11,' are respectively a plan viewl and side elevation of the lock-lifting lever, and

` ook. Fig. 14 is a section on the liie 14 14 of Fig. 7.-

The urpose ofmy invention is toprovide a'eouplier especially adapted for use with a lock-operating 'mechanism operating at the bottoni of thccoupler.

It is well known that it is difficult to devise a coupler which shall be com )actV and durable and iitted towithstaiid 't e rough ugagetowhi-ch it issubjectcd en the cars; but these requirementsare ullysatisiied 'by my present device, in which a strongcon struction with a' powerful openingmechanism and'eiiicient lock, lock-setting, and vlocklocking appliances are provided;l f

In the drawings, 2 is the coupler-'head 3 is the knuckle, pivoted atf4, and 5 is `the lock, the preferable 'form of which is shown in Figs. 12 and 13. It has alocking-headlfwith a lateral projection 5', adapted to'enga evthe top of the knuckle-tail when the knuc lev is orthe lock may be otherwise supported by the knuckle. It hasalso 'at' theV base 'a hooked portion 53- and an intermediate re- Specication of Letters Patent. Application filed December 28,1965. Serial No. 293,586.

y*6** with arib 14 on the coupler-head.

CAR-COUPLING.

Patented oet. 16, 190e.

cessed portion 5b', which affords clearance for 'unlocked position.

6 is a knuckle-throwing. lever (shown in Figs. l10 and 11) having tru'nnions 6', which.

fit within vertical guiding-grooves 7 in a repasses through the hook 5a, or the hookinay e replaced by a simple hole, through which a bolt or shaft, inserted also through the lever 6 may pass. YThe hooked portion 5a thu's forms a supporting-journal for the knucklethrowing lever.' It has preferably also an .I intermediate stop projectionL and an upper knuckle-throwing projection 6b. The liftinglever, 9v of the uncoupling mechanism has a finger 10, which extends up through a hole i'n the base of the coupler-recess 8 and is adapted to engage a portionl 690i the lever 6. The uncoupling-lever 9 is preferably pivoted to the coupler-shank at 11,l or it maybe otheron the uncoupling-rod 12.

When the coupler is in locked position, as shown in Figsf and 4, the lock 5 is in its lowestposition with the projection 5 resting :on top of the knuckle-tail, the body of the lock being between the knuckle and the wall knuckle-throwing lever 6 isalso in its lowest position-and is tilted backward by gravity, so that its upper edge w'illrest underneath a vshoulderv 13 in the coupler-head, and will .thus Aact as a lock to the lock, for it will restrain the lock f rom'being.;l 'arred upwardly by the motion ofthe car. l', however, it is desired to unlock the coupler, the operator turns the uncoupling-rod, thus raising the finger 10, causing itgto-fengage the lever as shown at the `coupler in Fig. 4, raising it somewhat on-its v t'runnons, so as to, clear it from theshoulder .13. Thisl'forward tiltingof the lever '6 is stopped by the engagement of the projetirlin t ie ,finger 101be further lifted, it will raise the lever 6 and-with it the lock `5, to which the Alever is'connected by its trunnion, until the lock, being guided rearwardly by an inclined vsurface 15 on the coupler-head,'is broughtv to the position shown in Fig. 5, in which the knuckle' is unlocked. At this time the pro- 'jection 6I' on the lever 6 will engage 'a shoulthe uncoupling-rod be then released this enthe knuckle-tail when the lock is raised intoA cess 8 of the coupler-head and one of which -Wise p ivoted, and it is operated by a crank 12 of the coupler, so as to hold it locked. The.

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der 16 on the rear of theknuckle-tail, and if gagementnf the shoulder with the projection li t-the finger toits full extent, causing the lever to e turned forwardly on the axis of 41o its trunnions, as shownin Fig; 6, and by bringing theprojection hinto' contact with the rear face of the knuckle-tail throwing the knuckle into its wide-open position. `The construction is such. that a very wide opening motion is im a decideda vantage,.as it uts the coupler in the. best position for coup ing.

When the un'ccupling-rodisIeleaSed, the lock 5 will drop until'fits'head' engages alprojection 3. atthe rear of the knuckle-tail and- 'When the knuckle is lsupheld thereby.

the act of coupling,

next swung back, asin the knuckle-tailwill pass fromunder the lock,

whichiwill then drop in front oftheknucklevtail into the position shdwn in Fig. 4 and will lockthe coupling.

. As showni'nFigs. 4 and 14, I prefer to form .nnthe sideofthe hooked ortion 5a of the vlock,fon the side next to t e guard-arm of goithe coupler, a. projection?, which is adapted 'to enter a grooveA 1n' the side wall of the coupler-head toV keep the lock from moving b ack out of enga ementuwith the trunnion of the lock-lifting ever 9. When the parts of the -cou'plerfare assembled, the knuckle-throwing .lever is first: laced. inthe recess 8 in the iloor @fit-he coup er-head, its trunnions enterin .the gu-iding-grooves 7, which are `provide for them. lThe -lock is then inserted, and .when itis dropped to its lowest position its hooked lportion is pushed forward to engage thetrunnions of. the lever (i. lBoth these parts are then raised, so that the lateral 'projection 5"z rises. into its groove, which (prevents the yparts from becoming disengage unless they are. .again dropped to their lowest position. rWhenthe" uckle is inserted, they cannot drop, because4 ofthe projection 5' of the lock, which is :above-the knuckle. As a convenient means of ltripping -the vflock setwhen it is desired to'release it, 1 prefer. to enlarge the hole inthe wall of the coup- .ler-head through which the projection 3 of fthe knuckle extends, as-shown in Fig. 9, so as f to. afford an opening beneath the said ,projec- :tionI through whichl the brakeman can insert a rod or other implement, and -tlius disengage .the lever 6 from the shoulder on the' knuckle. Withinzthe scope of-my invention as del Vo-fiinediin tlie claims changesmay be made in arted to the knuckle,'and this is ,Wardly-mo tion,

-wardly-nloving lock,

having a knuckle, an fuplock; a .knuckle-throwing le- 65 ver journaled on the lock, 'and means for en ggin'g thebaomlof-thfleverfw-iift a, and

,thereby lift 'the lock.

v.2. A coupler having a knuckle, an upver journaled on-the tlock, constructed to move in a substantially vertical plane, and means for engaging the bottom of the lever to lift it, and thereby lift the lock.

3. A coupler having a knuckle, an u pwardly-moving lock, a knuckle-throwing lever journaled on the lock, having a projection adapted -to engage the'knuckle and tolock- `Wardly-Inoving lock, a knuckle-throwing le-v set the lock, and means engaging the bottom pf 1the lever'to lift it, andv therebyilift Ithe 4. A coupler having aLk'nuckle, an upwardly-moving lock, a knuckle-throwing lever journaled on the lock, a shoulder on the coupler adapted to engage the lever when in its bottom position and to lock lthe lock, and

means for lifting the lever and thereby lifting the lock.

5. A coupler "ng lock, a knuckle-throwing lever journaled on the lock by a trunnion and guided by a grooved portion of the coupler,l

and means for lifting the lever and thereby lifting'the lock.A4 l. 6. A coupler having a knuckle, an yupwardly-moving lock, a knuckle-throwing lever'journaled onthe lock in a hooked sup-v portingportion thereof, and means fory lifting thelever'andthereby lifting the lock. 7. A coupler having a knuckle, an upwardly-moving'lock, a knuckle-throwing leverjqurnaled on thelock, a shoulder bywhich the lever is-restrained in. its lower position, a stop poitionl on the lever adapted to limit its initial forwardmotion, a' lock-setting projection on the lever, and means for' lifting the lever and ,therebyllifting the lock.

8.l A coupler having a knuckle, an upwardly-moving lock, a knuckle-throwing lever journaled on the lock, a shoulder by which the lever is restrained in'itslowerv posiand means for lifting thelever and thereby lifting thel` lock.

-9. A coupler Ahaving a'knucldeyanfup- .wardly-movable lock having ahead,-an1n termediate recessed portion, and a-gudingsurface'15 on the coupler-head arranged to having a knuckle, an up- IOO a lock-setting projection on the lever,

11. A coupler having a knuckle, an upa knuckle-throwing lever journaled on the lock and adapted to tilt rearwardly by gravity when 'the parts arein locked' ositiorn -12. coupler having-a knuckle, avi 11pwardly-mving lock, a knuckle-throwingaflover journaled on the flock', a shoulder by lver'journeled thereinyeaid look havig an enwhich the lever ierestrained in' its lower p'osigagement'with the 4coupler-head to hold it in tion.,v a' lock-setting projection on. the lever, place relatively to' the lever.

andrmea-ns for lift' g the lever ad thereby 16. A coupler-lock, a knucklethrow`m le- 5l liftngthe look, said lever-being adapted to veryvthw l'eh it is loosely engeged, said ook 1 tilt rearwardly byfgravity when the parts are 4 having a rojection engaginvwlth a groove in 111 looked position.

. 13.4 A knlxickle-throwing lever having trun. relative y to 'thelvever.. ni'ons, a projection 6*! sind 1J/S1105 portion` In testimony whereof I have hereunto set ro edaRted to' en age the ooupler-hea to guide my. hand.

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thevoou .er-head. to hold txe look in place 

